3 Faces of Francis

Oh what fun it is to play with Francis.......we won't dress her up for Halloween (too silly), but love to toture  her with new personas on a regular basis.

Some Recent Ones:

The Board Room Exec:

The Muskateer:

The Cyclopse:

40 & SUPER!

Mike turned 40 this week!

So hard to believe.

To commemorate, Nolan & I made him a

SUPER SIGN

from Scrapbook Paper.

Happy Birthday Papa!

Scrapbook paper

Glue Stick

Pumpkin Patch & SPOOKY Halloween Cookies with Grandma

This year we visited the worlds most crowded pumkin patch at Irvine Park.

More people than pumpkins for sure.

Grandma and Aunt Denise joined us for the fun (?).

Our family picture with people that couldn't wait five seconds for us.

(Not mad or anything)

The most handsome at the Park

Nolan loved the Haunted House

Later on, we created these SPOOKY Characters with cookies made earlier.

 This was a great way to relax and spend time together.

The Best Ones

Nolan had lots of fun POURING on the sprinkles, icing and sugar, and grandma and I ran interference and created faces out of his creations

I brought the "B List" to work. The quote "Delicious, though not the easiest on the eye"

Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough

Handmade Icing: Vanilla, Butter, Confectioners Sugar, Salt

Decorators Sugar, Icing, Candy Corns, Black Licorice & Candy Pumpkins

Cute Clay Pumpkins with Coco & Kirsten

Our very best BFF's Coco and Kirsten came over and helped us make these little pumpkins inspired by one I made in Kindergarden.

We had fun creating our own designs, then after they dried, Nolan & I painted them, then sealed them with spray glaze.


The CrAzY Ones:

The Pretty Ones:

I am going to surprise them with a set of the finished "pretty" ones as a gift.

1 Tub of Crayon Brand Air Dry Clay ( Target)
Folk Paint
Spray Glaze-Clear
Paintbrushes

Emerson's New Dress

My good friend Vanessa's daugther Emerson turned one last week, and I made her this simple, fun dress for a special gift.

It is the first dress I have ever made, so the project was really fun. It actually turned out quite nicely for my first time, lined and everything!

To make, I took inspiration from some simple dress patternsI found online, and then created my own dress by combining features of two dress patterns.

Here are the links to the sites I used:

http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/free-baby-clothes-patterns.html
http://rae.oostendorp.net/ITTY%20BITTY%20BABY%20DRESS.pdf


I found this fun fabric at M&L Fabrics in Anaheim, and added ribbon and button trim to the front and back.

Can't wait for my next one, as always big plans, lots of ideas, no time....................................................

Alysia

SPOOKY FUN KIDS CRAFT!

Nolan, Mike & I had fun making these fun Halloween Characters from paper, ribbon, stamps, beads & buttons.

To have some basics to work with, I cut some orange pumpkins & black triangles from colored construction paper then grabbed the glue stick & scissors and we were off!

We let the leftover cuts of patterned paper from other projects to inspire the shapes of the other characters like the funky ghosts, the bat, and the smiling ghost cat!

Mike made the black bats, and we glued little orange bead eyes on them-these are the coolest.
Characters clipped to rough twine make fun additions to the front door, pictures and walls.

I also make some planter spooks by backing with cardboard from a box and gluing to a stick.

Hope you like them!